For the purpose of this subchapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
COUNTY. Areas which are under the jurisdiction of the county’s Health Officer and situated outside the corporate limits of any city or town.
GARBAGE. Rejected food wastes including every waste accumulation of animal, fruit or vegetable matter used or intended for food or that attends the preparation, use, cooking, dealing in or storing of meat, fish, fowl, fruit or vegetables.
HEALTH OFFICER. The county’s Health Officer or his or her authorized representative.
PERSON. Any person, firm, corporation or association.
PUBLIC DISPOSAL. Disposal of garbage and rubbish which has been removed from premises used, owned or leased by one or more persons, firms, corporations or associations, and transported to other premises and disposed either with or without the payment of a fee, or with or without the permission of the owner or owners of such other premises.
RUBBISH. Matter such as ashes, cans, metalware, broken glass, crockery, dirt, sweepings, boxes, wood, grass, weeds or litter or any such kind.
SANITARY FILL. The placing of garbage and rubbish in a specially prepared trench or its equivalent and the aforesaid contents thoroughly compacted and covered with at least two feet of compacted fresh earth daily.
(Ord. passed 2-4-1974)